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It’s earnings season, and GeekWire reporters have been busy diving into the quarterly financial reports put out by tech giants like Microsoft, Amazon, Nintendo and more. The reports cut through all the flashy marketing to give a glimpse into how these companies are really doing, and what products and departments are succeeding or struggling. On this episode of the Week in Geek we share a big-picture view of what all these numbers tell us about the tech giants in Seattle and around the country. Follow all our coverage, including detailed looks at the recent earning reports, at GeekWire.com. Thank you to this week’s sponsors: Wealthsimple — an automated investing service, on a mission to simplify investing to help everyone (including you!) become an expert investor. GoDaddy — whose

Living an 'unlimited' life — A new look at wireless data plans

Originally aired: Tuesday, May 2, 2017
Category: News

Five years ago, GeekWire co-founder Todd Bishop shared his experience about deciding to drop his unlimited AT&T data plan. Things have changed dramatically in the past five years, with new services and devices pushing change in the wireless industry. This week on Geared Up, we take a fresh look at unlimited data plans and ask: did Todd make the right decision? Follow all our coverage at GeekWire.com and subscribe to our live behind-the-scenes video on at youtube.com/gearlive. Thank you to this week's sponsors: Wealthsimple -- GeekWire listeners pay no management fees for a year when they invest up to $15,000 on Wealthsimple's automated investing platform. Wealthsimple.com/geekwire GoDaddy -- who is offering GeekWire listeners 35 percent off their purchase of a GoDaddy domain. Just use offer code gearedup35 at checkout.